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Episode 74: Featuring Navid Negahban

Episode 74: Featuring Navid Negahban

Tweet This episode of Conversations with Ross features actor Navid Negahban. Navid discussed his role as Abu Nazir on Homeland. In addition to focusing on his role and the show, Navid also spoke about working with Claire Daines, specifically on how she gets into character and prepares for a scene. Navid also spoke about his life growing up in Iran, what opportunities are available there for aspi...

Episode 73: Featuring Dennis Christopher

Episode 73: Featuring Dennis Christopher

Tweet This episode of Conversations with Ross features actor Dennis Christopher. Dennis discussed his upcoming role as Leonide Moguy in Django Unchained. In addition to the role itself Dennis spoke about working with Quentin Tarantino specifically on how he runs his set and communicates with actors. He also detailed his experiences working with Robert Altman, and Federico Fellini whose directing...

Episode 72: Featuring Michael Mohan

Episode 72: Featuring Michael Mohan

Tweet This episode of Conversations with Ross features Michael Mohan. Michael is a screenwriter and director, his latest movie is the romantic comedy Save the Date starring Lizzy Caplan, Alison Brie, Martin Starr, Geoffrey Arend, and Mark Webber. Michael discussed how he made Save the Date from script-to-screen, his writing process, and how the project initially came together. Michael also talked...

Episode 71: Featuring Nadine Velazquez

Episode 71: Featuring Nadine Velazquez

Tweet This episode of Conversations with Ross features Nadine Velazquez. Nadine is an actress currently starring in Flight along side Denzel Washington and Don Cheadle. In this interview Nadine talked about breaking in, pilot season, and her worst audition experience.  She also discussed her role in Filght, how Robert Zemeckis runs his set, and her past work on My Name is Earl. I hope you listen...

Episode 70: Featuring Brett Gelman

Episode 70: Featuring Brett Gelman

Tweet This episode of Conversations with Ross features actor & comedian Brett Gelman. Brett discussed the alternative comedy scene in both Los Angeles and New York, gave his opinion on what makes bad comedy, and talked about his worst performance in front of an audience, at the Holocaust Museum. Brett also spoke about his role as Mr. K on NBC’s Go On, his podcast Gelmania, and his audition ...

Episode 69: Featuring Janet Varney

Episode 69: Featuring Janet Varney

Tweet This episode of Conversations with Ross features Janet Varney. Janet is an actress currently starring as the voice of Korra on Nickelodeon animated show, The Legend of Korra.  In this interview Janet talked about breaking in, pilot season, and her worst audition experience.  She also discussed if being a working actress is what she expected it to be, and how she managed to bypass so...

Episode 68: Featuring Sufe Bradshaw

Episode 68: Featuring Sufe Bradshaw

Tweet This episode of Conversations with Ross features Sufe Bradshaw. Sufe is an actress currently starring on HBO’s Veep. Sufe talked about breaking in, pilot season, and her worst audition experience.  She also discussed if being a working actress is what she expected it to be, and the best piece of acting advice she was ever given. Sufe offered up some good behind-the-scenes stories on ...

Episode 67: Featuring Linden Ashby

Episode 67: Featuring Linden Ashby

Tweet This episode of Conversations with Ross features Linden Ashby. In addition to focusing on his role as Sheriff Stalinski on MTV’s Teen Wolf reboot, Linden gave an honest account of his life as a working actor. He talked about how show-business has changed in the thirty years he’s been around. He offered a behind-the-scenes look at some at some of his early work including Wyatt Ea...

Episode 66: Featuring Amanda Cryer

Episode 66: Featuring Amanda Cryer

Tweet This episode of Conversations with Ross features Amanda Cryer. Amanda is a producer currently working on the horror film Bloodloss.  Amanda discussed the real-life vampire scene she researched for the movie, and goes through the steps of making an indie film from script to screen. She also talked about her time as an actress, her worst audition experience, and some of the traps that young ...

Episode 65: Featuring Elaine Hendrix

Episode 65: Featuring Elaine Hendrix

Tweet This episode of Conversations with Ross features Elaine Hendrix. Elaine is an actress currently starring in the AOL web series Fetching, and the indie film General Education. Elaine talked about breaking in, pilot season, and her worst audition experience.  She also discussed her past life as a rap video girl, if being a working actress if what she expected it to be, and the best piece of ...